Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls podcast, where we discuss all things mental health,

personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible

versions of ourselves.

I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia.

To get more information and resources, visit the website at therapyforblackgirls.com

And while I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant

to be a substitute for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional.

Happy New Year, y'all, and welcome to session 38 of the Therapy for Black Girls podcast.

I hope you're enjoying a great beginning of 2018.

I want to first start by saying thank you to everyone who has tried to visit the website

at therapyforblackgirls.com.

Y'all have shown their website so much love that it has actually crashed.

So my tech team is in the process of upgrading everything right now so that as many of

you as possible can be on their browsing, looking for a therapist, and listening to the

podcast as possible.

I'm hopeful that it'll be up again later today, but I truly appreciate your patience as

we undergo a little bit of a makeover.

For our very first episode this year, I'm excited to bring you a conversation I had with

Registered Psychology Associate, Dr. Alicia Little Hodge.

Dr. Hodge is an expert in all things anxiety, so I knew I wanted to chat with her about

how we can recognize signs of anxiety, where they come from, and what we can do about it.

Dr. Hodge is a Registered Psychology Associate in the State of Virginia and Maryland.

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